Now that I am the proud owner of a stash of Japanese ingredients I wasted no time in putting them to good use. One of the things I had been craving was a really good, simple miso soup. In Tokyo I was surprised at the variety of miso soups they serve, some came with fish, others with the smallest clams I had ever seen, and each one seemed to have a slightly different dashi base.
Here´s my interpretation of a simple miso soup. Warm, soothing and full of that wonderful umami taste. I decided not to make my own dashi stock from scratch as I was feeling a little lazy but I used Ajinomoto Hon-Dashi granulated dashi stock instead. To it I added some white miso paste and garnished with some wakame and silken tofu. I would also have added some sliced spring onion but I didn´t have any in the fridge.
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| L-R: white miso paste, dashi stock, wakame |
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| Close-up of the dried wakame |
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| Miso soup with tofu and wakame |
Such a simple and satisfying soup. One of my favourites. All I need now are some of those beautiful lacquered wooden miso soup bowls.
Ingredients (serves 2)
4 cups of water
2 tbsp white miso paste
1-2 tsp instant dashi powder
2-3 tsp dried wakame
150g silken tofu
1 spring onion, thinly sliced
Method
1. Bring the water to boil in a saucepan
2. Add the instant dashi powder and stir
3. Add the miso paste and stir, letting it dissolve into the liquid
4. Add the wakame and leave for 1 minute to soften
5. Cut the tofu into blocks and place into two soup bowls
5. Pour the soup over the tofu and garnish with the spring onions
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